ok personal favorite and not the best.
For me it was War Emblem winning the derby. It had been more than two decades since i had picked a derby winner. I had watched him race at Sportsmans Park and was blown away. At the OTB on derby day i was the only one talking him up, no one thought he could wire the field. When he straightened for home with a full head of steam and scampered home by five, oh man. I was screaming the whole stretch. I'm sure i annoyed many around me. He got that derby monkey off my back.
I was proud of him especially due to his rather humble beginning at arlington.
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